Myrmecina undulata

Myrmecina undulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Myrmecina
Species:	M. undulata
Binomial name
Myrmecina undulata Emery, 1900

Nothing is known about the biology of Myrmecina undulata.

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Myrmecina from Sundaland
• Key to Myrmecina of Southeast Asia
• Key to Myrmecina of Sumatra

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• undulata. Myrmecina undulata Emery, 1900d: 678 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Okido, Ogata, and Hosoishi (2020) - The following description is based on Emery (1900). Mandible with a few rugae at base. Masticatory margin of mandible with 7-8 acute teeth. Antennal scape long, extending beyond occipital margin. Eumetanotal spine very acute and smaller than that of Myrmecina graminicola. Propodeal spine short and triangular. Petiole and postpetiole usual shape, and with longitudinal rugae. Head and mesosoma with wavy rugae. Gaster very shiny. Pilosity long and bristly. Body black and shiny.

Type Material

Okido, Ogata, and Hosoishi (2020) - Syntype worker and queen, INDONESIA: Si Rambé, Sumatra (E. Modigliani); Pulo Laut (=Laut I.), Borneo (E. Modigliani). Depository unknown, specimens not seen.

References

• Emery, C. 1900d. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 40[=(2(20): 661-688. (page 678, worker, queen described)
• Okido, H., Ogata, K., Hosoishsi, S. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmecina in Southeast Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Kyushu University Museum. 7:1-108.
• Satria, R., Eguchi, K. 2022. A new species of the genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Sumatra. Far Eastern Entomologist, 463, 1–7 (doi:10.25221/fee.463.1).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
• Emery C. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 40: 661-722.
• Emery, C. "Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 20, no. 40 (1900): 661-722.
• Okido H. 2011. Biogeography of the ant genus Myrmecina from Asia (Hymenoptera; Formicidae). Kankyo Kanri 40: 60-64.
• Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
• Satria R., and S. Yamane. 2019. Two new species of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Sumatra. Zoosystematica Rossica 28: 183–193.
• Wheeler W. M. 1919. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147.